Lara M. Flint

Lara M. Flint is the Director of the Governance Program at Democracy Fund, a foundation working to ensure that the political system is able to deliver on its promise to the American people. She was previously chief counsel for national security to then-Chairman Patrick Leahy of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and senior counsel to Senator Russ Feingold. She also served in the State Department Office of the Legal Adviser. Prior to government service, Lara worked at the Center for Democracy & Technology, and as a litigator at the law firm Jenner & Block. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and Harvard Law School.